SuperCrayon

Because the liberals and the people who are professional offended would have a field day. My view on it is this, if you include kids in a game, let them be kill able or don't include them at all. Because having an invincible character breaks immersion. I think this is also Rockstars view.

vadTM

Because the liberals and the people who are professional offended would have a field day. My view on it is this, if you include kids in a game, let them be kill able or don't include them at all. Because having an invincible character breaks immersion. I think this is also Rockstars view.

SwitchBladeJones

I never understood the ban on dogs, now they're in. I'm fine not having kids in the game. GTA is a mature game for adults anyway. In 2001 kids and school buses were removed from pre-release because it was viewed as poor taste. You can still see broken down school buses in GTAIII on the first island by 8-Ball's place.

voyager

Because the liberals and the people who are professional offended would have a field day. My view on it is this, if you include kids in a game, let them be kill able or don't include them at all. Because having an invincible character breaks immersion. I think this is also Rockstars view.

People need to separate fiction from reality.

not to get into politics, but pretty sure it is a more conservative-leaning mindset that gets upset about video game violence. all the same GTA provides plenty to offend just about anyone.

children in Skyrim can't be harmed, same as Fallout. i think that makes the answer to this Q pretty clear.

do you want a class of invincible peds in GTA?

still, not too many years ago discussion about animals in GTA usually ended with the idea that animal rights activists would go nuts, so if they were ever included, we wouldn't be able to kill them. now look what we've got. i wouldn't say out of hand that a future GTA can't possibly have them. as a people, the human race every month gets a little less high minded with their ethics -- compare media today to media just 10 years ago, or 20 or 30 or more if it's not apparent immediately. when the first GTA came out, oh boy what a controversy it was to have a game where you broke the law and ran from police, let alone get rewarded for smooshing peds with cars. it takes a lot more these days to shock people, and the argument that "it's just a video game" is a whole lot easier to swallow now than it was in the 80's, even though they've become so much more realistic - culturally we're getting numb to it. the graphic scenes on Shark Week for example on TV would never have been aired not too many decades ago, let alone all the sex and violence on prime-time network shows ore even advertisements -- why killing shorter character models in a video game would remain taboo might be an excellent moral point, but morality is overshadowed by popular demand & monetary gain. being over-the-top and "revolutionary" sells games. i really doubt that this is a moral line in the sand that won't be erased by the tide soon.

'Cuz society can't accept it. Done, don't ask me why. Perhaps in a couple of millenia when child rapists/killers are all gone they might add that into GTA MMXIII. Either way, it doesn't affect the gameplay much, if at all, and it really breaks the immersion if they're added in but any accidents with kids and your car crumples like a tin can while they're totally fine.

And if you want to add in kids, why not go the full nine yards? The physically disabled? The mentally disabled? The list can go on...

GTA_La_Costra_Nostra

Because the liberals and the people who are professional offended would have a field day. My view on it is this, if you include kids in a game, let them be kill able or don't include them at all. Because having an invincible character breaks immersion. I think this is also Rockstars view.

People need to separate fiction from reality.

In America, I see Conservatives being more upset about this than Liberals, Fox News has had more specials on how violent video games are than any other news organization. But I do get your point with a few prominent Liberals like Hilary Clinton, who would probably get just as pissed.